Where Are They Now - Friday, October 2, 2015

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Happy Friday and welcome to October! Thank you for joining me this week. Today we are finding out all about actress Verna Bloom and her extensive acting career. Hope you enjoy!

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Michael York: He starred in "Cabaret", "Logan's Run", "The Three Musketeers" and many other movies

Bruno Kirby: He played Ed in the movie "City Slickers" and Jess in "When Harry Met Sally", he also appeared in "The Godfather: Part II", "The Freshman", and other movies

Leonard Nimoy: He played Mr. Spock on the original "Star Trek" TV series and the movies that came from it and directed "Three Men and a Baby" and other movies, host of the TV series "In Search of..."

(Answer at the bottom)
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Verna Bloom
Learn More About Verna Bloom on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: August 7, 1939, Lynn, Massachusetts

CLAIM TO FAME: She is known for her role in Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter.

FAMILY LIFE: She is married to American film critic Jay Cocks.

INFO: Bloom's performance as assassin Charlotte Corday in the Broadway production of "Marat/Sade" in 1967 led to film offers, most notably in Medium Cool (1969) and Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter (1973).

She has had roles in more than 30 films and television episodes since the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978.

TRIVIA: Attended the School of Fine Arts in Boston University, graduating with a BFA in 1959.

She later studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City.

Co-founded the Trident Playhouse in Denver and also worked as a box-office custodian, publicity chief and janitress.

Is Jewish.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Unfortunately, I could not locate much recent information on Bloom. Her most recent acting credits include a guest appearance as Molly Lapham on a 2003
episode of The Long Goodbye, and in the 2003 video short Where Are They Now: A Delta Alumni Update as Marion Wormer.

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CREDITS:

2003 The West Wing (TV Series)...Molly Lapham
- The Long Goodbye (2003)

2003 Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (Video short)...Marion Wormer

1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series)...Maude Bray
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)

1988-1989 The Equalizer (TV Series)...Ellen / Marian Grey
- Race Traitors (1989)...Ellen
- Target of Choice (1988)...Marian Grey

1988 The Last Temptation of Christ...Mary, Mother of Jesus

1987 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)...Joan Torvec
- No Vacancy (1987)

1985 Promises to Keep (TV Movie) (uncredited)

1985 After Hours...June

1985 The Journey of Natty Gann...Farm Woman

1985 Deja Vu

1982 Honkytonk Man...Emmy

1981 Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (TV Movie)...Bertha

1980 Playing for Time (TV Movie)...Paulette

1978 Animal House...Marion Wormer

1977 Lou Grant (TV Series)...Emily
- Christmas (1977)

1977 Contract on Cherry Street (TV Movie)...Emily Hovannes

1977 Visions (TV Series)...Nancy Doucette
- The Dancing Bear (1977)

1977 Gibbsville (TV Series)
- A Case History (1977)

1973-1976 Police Story (TV Series)...Marge Connor / Elizabeth Shaner
- Payment Deferred (1976)...Marge Connor
- The Ten Year Honeymoon (1973)...Elizabeth Shaner

1976 Kojak (TV Series)...Carrie Zachary
- On the Edge (1976)

1975 The Blue Knight (TV Series)...Moody Larkin
- Pilot (1975)

1975 Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (TV Movie)...Jean Hodges

1974 Where Have All the People Gone (TV Movie)...Jenny

1973 Badge 373...Maureen

1973 High Plains Drifter...Sarah Belding

1973 Doc Elliot (TV Series)...Mary Beth Hickey
- Pilot (1973)

1972 Particular Men (TV Movie)...Evelyn

1971 The Hired Hand...Hannah Collings

1969 Children's Games...The Girl

1969 Medium Cool...Eileen

1969 Bonanza (TV Series)...Ellen Masters
- The Fence (1969)

1967 N.Y.P.D. (TV Series)...Barbara
- The Screaming Woman (1967)

1967 NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series)
- The Questions (1967)

To see Then & Now pictures of Verna Bloom, visit:
Learn More About Verna Bloom on Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Michael York - ALIVE
Born: 03/27/1942

Bruno Kirby - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 04/28/1949 Died: 08/14/2006

Leonard Nimoy - DEAD (COPD)
Born: 03/26/1931 Died: 02/27/2015

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/30
Claude Dauphin, 64, French businessman, cancer.
Kelly Gissendaner, 47, American convicted malice murderer, executed by lethal injection.
Ricky Talan (nl), 54, Dutch footballer.

9/29
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 83, Saudi Arabian prince, director of General Intelligence Directorate (2001-2005).
Sorin Avram, 72, Romanian Olympic football player (1964) and coach (Bacau).
Al Benecick, 78, American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
Ram Kapse, 81, Indian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2004-2006).
Hellmuth Karasek, 81, German literary critic and journalist (Der Spiegel).
Gamaliel Onosode, 82, Nigerian businessman and politician.
Burton Raffel, 87, American literary translator and writer.
Soaring Softly, 20, American racehorse, euthanized.
Phil Woods, 83, American saxophonist ("Just the Way You Are"), emphysema.

9/28
Frank Martinus Arion, 78, Dutch Antillean author.
Michael Burgess, 70, Canadian tenor, cancer.
Catherine E. Coulson, 71, American film and television actress (Twin Peaks), cancer.
Alexander Faris, 94, Irish composer.
Frankie Ford, 76, American singer ("Sea Cruise").
John Guillermin, 89, British film director and producer.
Sjur Hopperstad, 84, Norwegian politician, county mayor of Sogn og Fjordane.
Walter Dale Miller, 89, American politician, Governor of South Dakota (1993-1995).
Erik Roner, 39, American extreme sports athlete and television personality (Nitro Circus), skydiving collision.
Cathriona White, 30, Irish-born American film makeup artist.
Ignacio Zoco, 76, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).

9/27
Syed Ahmed, 73, Indian politician, Governor of Jharkhand (2011-2015) and Manipur (2015), cancer.
Norm Defelice, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
Wilton Felder, 75, American saxophonist (The Crusaders) and session bassist (Motown).
Pietro Ingrao, 100, Italian politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1976-1979), journalist and partisan.
Denise Lor, 86, American singer ("If I Give My Heart to You") and actress.
Kallen Pokkudan, 78, Indian environmental activist and writer.
Richard Rainwater, 71, American investor.
Torgeir Stensrud, 66, Norwegian businessman, cancer.
Frank Tyson, 85, English cricketer, journalist and commentator.

9/26
Eugene D. Commins, 83, American physicist.
Tino Garcia, 80, Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actor, bone cancer.
Doug Kendall, 51, American lawyer, founder of the Constitutional Accountability Center, colon cancer.
Sidney Phillips, 91, American Marine (1941-1945), physician and author.
Paul Reed, 96, American artist.
Homa Rousta, 71, Iranian actress, cancer.
James Wallin, 73, American politician, Mayor of Brainerd, Minnesota (since 1998), heart attack.
Zabeel, 28, New Zealand racehorse, leading sire in Australia (1998-1999) and New Zealand (1998-2001), namesake of the Zabeel Classic.

9/25
Carlos Anibal Altamirano Arguello, 73, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Azogues (since 2004).
Claudio Baggini, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vigevano (2000-2011).
Bill Crawford, 79, American politician, member of Indiana House of Representatives (1972-2012).
Pat Dunne, 72, Irish football player and manager.
John Galvin, 86, American army general, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1987-1992).
Tommie Green, 59, American basketball player (New Orleans Jazz) and college coach (Southern University).
Terje Gulbrandsen, 70, Norwegian footballer (Skeid, Valerenga).
Christopher Jackson, 67, Canadian musician, lung cancer.
Tom Kelley, 71, American Major League Baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves).
Moti Kirschenbaum, 76, Israeli journalist and media personality.
Jim Meadowcroft, 68, English snooker player and commentator.
Manuel Oltra, 93, Spanish composer, pneumonia.
Carol Rama, 97, Italian painter.
Hugo Gutierrez Vega (es), 81, Mexican poet and academic.
Joe Wilson, 78, English footballer (Workington Reds, Wolverhampton Wanderers).

9/24
Mohan Bhandari, Indian actor, brain tumour.
Paul Carney, 72, Irish judge, High Court judge (1991-2015).
Ugur Dagdelen, 41, Turkish footballer, suicide by gunshot to head.
Kikujiro Fukushima, 94, Japanese photographer, stroke.
Assad Murtaza Gilani, 47, Pakistani politician, Member of National Assembly (2002-2008), Hajj stampede.
Ellis Kaut, 94, German author (Pumuckl).
Naomi Kawashima, 54, Japanese actress, bile duct cancer.
Celina Kombani, 56, Tanzanian politician.
Nick Louvel, 34, American filmmaker (The Uncondemned), traffic collision.
Alan Moore, 101, Australian war artist.
Hugo Saint-Cyr, 36, Canadian actor (Watatatow, October 1970), bone cancer.
Harold Stapleton, 100, Australian cricketer (New South Wales).
Wang Zhongshu, 89, Chinese archaeologist.

9/23
Carlos Alvarez-Novoa, 75, Spanish actor (Solas).
Adnan Buyung Nasution, 81, Indonesian lawyer and human rights activist, kidney failure.
Jean-Marie Drot, 86, French writer and documentary filmmaker.
Mike Gibson, 75, Australian sports journalist and broadcaster, suicide.
Dragan Holcer, 70, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split).
Aleksandr Kolpovski, 62, Russian Soviet footballer (CSKA).
Dayananda Saraswati, 85, Indian Hindu monk and teacher (Arsha Vidya Gurukulam).
Denis Sonet, 89, French Roman Catholic priest and marriage counselor.
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